“A hundred and sixty acres of land on a soft incline facing
south and east, six hundred meters above sea level,
covered with a young pine forest, a lake in front and
mountains on the horizon. Here truth shall be sought and
protected from the plague, here sickness and misery shall
be understood and ways discovered for conquering
them...The name of the home of life research
shall be Orgonon.”

                                  - Wilhelm Reich, September 1942

ARCHIVES OF THE ORGONE INSTITUTE: Click here for a history of the archives, access policies, and a complete index.

Orgonon was the home, laboratory and research center of Wilhelm Reich, M.D., a pioneering psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and scientist. Open to the public as the Wilhelm Reich Museum, Orgonon now comprises 175 acres of fields and forests, the Orgone Energy Observatory, the Conference Building & Office, a bookstore, two rental cottages, and a system of woodland nature trails.

In the 1930s Reich discovered a physical, biological energy in all living matter that he called “orgone,” and for the next two decades devoted his life to the investigation of its laws and properties. Orgonon preserves and presents the natural and scientific environment in which Reich researched orgone energy functions in living matter and in the atmosphere.

Visitors to the Orgone Energy Observatory are introduced to Reich’s life and work with a half-hour documentary video, exhibits, Reich’s inventions and scientific apparatus, his library and study, and personal memorabilia including his paintings and sculpture. Annual Summer Conferences are held in the Conference Building on various aspects of Reich’s work and their significance for current social, medical and scientific issues. The bookstore sells the widest selection of Reich’s published work anywhere.

The Wilhelm Reich Museum is also part of the vibrant communities of Rangeley and Oquossoc in the Rangeley Lakes Region of Maine. Recognizing our responsibilities to our local friends and neighbors, our property and facilities are the venue for a myriad of educational, recreational, and social activities.

Please visit and sign up for our Museum Updates which are excellent resources for concise and accurate information about Orgonon. If you'd like to support our activities, please think about becoming a Friend of the Wilhelm Reich Museum. Your tax-deductable donation helps maintain the Trust, the Museum, and the legacy of Wilhelm Reich.

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For our policy on film & TV, click here.

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